Brownstone Mining: story of & services for the mining industry

Who can resist the human story that shines through the screen of a well compiled website?  I cannot, so here is one site that epitomizes the human story and that is thankfully free of the guff that too often spoils things.  What follows is a cut & paste with heavy edit from their site to tell you the story that fascinated me.  This is, however, still Mr. Skinner’s voice.

I’ve been in mining since I was 12 years old pushing ore carts in my father’s mine. I learned the mining industry from the ground up. After high school I graduated from the Mackay School of Mines.  I have nospent over 50 years in the industry.

In 1952, I formed Brownstone Mining to operate the Brownstone tungsten mine.  With my son, Paul, I mined throughout the west.  The largest mine we ran was the Darwin mine with a throughput of 400 tons a day.   

Paul, also a mining engineer, had one of the best assay and metallurgical labs in the western United States. 

I have seen all kinds of mining operations that could be improved upon; and I have improved upon the methods used in today’s mining operations. I’ve seen people go broke putting up mills when they didn’t need to; or putting up the wrong kind of mills.

In the mining business you need to know, before you go. I have also seen people make a lot of money in the mining industry.

Now we are back in business and ready to provide the geological, mining, and metallurgical advice you need to get from asset certification to production and beyond.  I will save you money and help you make the most of your resources.

In addition to more of this story, their site contains a great technology page.  Pictures and descriptions of cone crushers, ball mills, electric arc furnaces, centrifuges and more.  Well worth a visit.   Let’s hope they succeed, now “they are back” and we can continue to hear their story via their unique voice. 

I do not know, but maybe this is a picture of Mr. Skinner himself.